[ecrea] ICA Preconference on Varieties of Publics and Counterpublics

ICA Preconference on Varieties of Publics and Counterpublics
 May 25, 2017, San Diego
 Call for Abstract
 This preconference aimss about publics and public spheres and their 
implications for democratic politics by bringing together sc   We invite 
submissions that highlight the rich varieties of publics and 
counterpublics in modern societies.  We encourage scholars to 
interrogate the assumptions of unified publics and to examine the forms, 
meanings and functions of multiple publics and counterpublics.  This 
includes interrogations of the role of different media and innovative 
cultural practices in the formation and transformation of publics and 
counterpublics.  We welcome studies of all aspects related to publics, 
public spheres, and public (re-)presentations, but especially encourage 
submissions that focus on experiences of reception, consumption, or 
circulation and their role in forming publics.
 We invite submissions of abstracts of about 500 words.  They can be 
abstracts of individual papers or proposals for panels.  Authors of the 
accepted abstracts/proposals will develop them into papers that will be 
distributed in May to preconference attendees in advance of the event. 
Participants will present their papers in a series of sessions and 
panels.  Possible paper/panel topics may include, but are not limited 
to, the following:
 Histories and theories of publics and public spheres
Changing media, changing publics
Reading and publics
Alternative media and publics
Underground press and publics
Radio/theatre/film publics
Social media platforms and publics
Blogs and publics
Zines and publics
Sound and publics
Aesthetics and public spheres
Cartoons, comics, posters, street art and publics
Online fiction/non-fiction publics
Music and publics
Mobile or fluid publics
Fan communities as publics
Conservative publics
Religion and publics Social movements as publics
Transnational publics and public spheres
 Submission Process
 The submissions should be emailed to 
(communication-public /at/ asc.upenn.edu) by November 20, 2016.   Authors will 
be informed of acceptance/rejection decisions no later than December 20, 
2016.  Accepted abstracts will be posted to the preconference website in 
advance of the event.
 If you have questions on submissions or any aspect of the 
preconference, you may contact any of the individual organizers:
 Zhongdang Pan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (zhongdangpan /at/ wisc.edu);
Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania, (guobin.yang /at/ asc.upenn.edu);
Lu Wei, Zhejiang University, (drluwei /at/ zju.edu.cn)
 Special Note
 This pre-conference will be a special forum for Communication and the 
Public (CAP), an international refereed journal jointly published by 
Zhejiang University and SAGE, launched in 2016.  The first two annual 
conferences, co-organized by Zhejiang University, University of 
Pennsylvania, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, were held in 2015 at 
Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and in 2016 at Penn Wharton 
China Center in Beijing.  The organizers are hoping to make the third 
annual CAP conference as this ICA preconference in order to enhance its 
global visibility and attendance and to offer a new platform for 
academic interactions and publication for all ICA members and attendees. 
 We hope to publish a special issue of CAP based on the presentations 
at the preconference.  For more information about the journal, please 
visit http://ctp.sagepub.com/.
 With full financial support from Zhejiang University, all events of 
the preconference are free to participants.  Registration is also free 
and will be limited to 60 persons.  After accepted presenters and 
panelists have registered, registration will be open to anyone until the 
cap of 60 is reached.
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